For the love of all things holy the Bruins just can't catch a break this season.

We get to add Brad Marchand to our list of injured players after he left the ice early during practice this morning and did not return.

Here's what we know so far:1. Claude was asked if Marchand had a concussion, to which Claude said no.2. Claude said that Marchand was not doing well and would not be in tonight3. Claude won't specify anymore outside of Fraser is slotting in for Marchy.

Whatever this is, I can't tell how worried to be about it yet. So for now, I'm going to be over here, trying to stay calm and ignore the fact that this team is slowly falling apart at the seams.

I was hoping after last season's injured plagued few months I wouldn't have to make another list of all the people we are currently playing without and why. But alas, here we are again because the injury bug has arrived and is wreaking all kinds of havoc on the Bruins. So here's our list.

1. David KrejciDavid Krejci has been in and out intermittently all season due to a pesky lower body injury that just doesn't seem to want to go away (seem familiar anyone? I'm looking at you Quaider). Krejci has not played with the Bruins since our 5-2 win over the Oilers, which for those of you who don't know was a week ago today. Yikes.

The Bruins are definitely feeling the effects of not having Krejci centering us. We definitely miss him in the face off dot and that veteran level headness that we're so accustomed to from him is not an easy thing to replace. The Bruins have resorted to replacing him with Chris freaking Kelly (because that's obviously the best possible move because you know Chris Kelly is such a great asset to us...). Yuck.

2. David Warsofsky

David Warsofsky has been out since Novemeber 7th when coach announced he would be out for a while with what was soon said to be a groin strain. This isn't a huge loss for the Bruins, it just means we lose a bit of the depth that we had previously. Warsofsky will be out for 2-4 weeks with this injury.

3. Zdeno CharaThis still breaks my heart. Obviously Big Zee is still out with his knee injury and will be out for a couple more weeks at a minimum with it. I don't even have to say the loss we're feeling without Chara on the blue line and in front of the net. His leadership was also a huge asset for us and without it we're looking pretty helter skelter at points.

However, you can definitely point to our five game win streak without Chara and to the fact that we have somehow kept our heads above water in the 3 weeks we've been without him. But then I'd tell you that the teams we've played in that time haven't been the greatest teams in the league and point to the fact that we got demolished last night when we played a team with an actual offense. So, it's a tough situation to say the least.

4. Kevan Miller

Kevan Miller has been out since October 20th with an upper body injury. He traveled with the team on this back to back road trip but didn't play yesterday and will not be playing tonight against the Canadiens. Again, he's not necessarily the biggest loss right now for us. He's another one of those depth players that we have to go without and he would be helpful with his experience on the blue line, but it's not the end of the world right now.

And that my friends, is our list of injured. I'll update this as more information becomes available on the situations.

Have that handy dandy bottle of your favorite liquor handy because tonight is going to be brutal. The Bruins (10-7-0) are going up against the Montreal Canadiens (11-4-1) after an atrocious loss to the Maple Leafs last night that made me want to rip my hair out.

Not only are the Bruins not known for being great with back to back games, we're definitely not the best with back to back games with both of them being away or when the first game we played we lost. This situation gets even better when you consider the fact that Carl Soderberg is not playing tonight with some sort of injury (because that's just what we needed right now right?) Our team is slowly but steadily becoming the AHL Bruins and I don't know how to feel about it. To get a full list of injuries and updates, click here.

The Canadiens are coming into this game after a 3-0 win against the Jets on Tuesday, meaning they've had a day to rest and are coming into this game with much more momentum than the Bruins are. The Canadiens will play tonight without Michael Bournival (Shoulder) and Blake Geoffrion (Head), which for the Canadiens isn't the end of the world by any means.

So, unless the Bruins bring out their miracle magic, I don't know how well tonight is going to go. I'm going to keep my fingers crossed that they figure something out, but as one Boston based movie said "They'll break your heart, kid."

Until after the game (for better or for worse),Keep Calm and Bergeron (and maybe drink a little bit)

Against all odds, and to the surprise of most of us, the Bruins are managing to hold their own with a crippled defense and won 4-2 last night against the New Jersey Devils. This puts the Bruins on an unexpected but spectacular 5 game win streak and pushed them into 3rd place in the division. I just. This team boggles my mind sometimes. Or most of the time.

Now I just need to start by saying: holy mother of all things hockey related where in the world did Seth Griffith come from? If you can tell me that you had predicted that he would be this successful, you'd be a liar and we'd all glare at you like Tyler Seguin after he didn't eat his breakfast. But last night's goal though. What.A.Beauty. Such a beauty that ESPN actually played it on their highlight reel, which is basically unheard of. In case you missed it (shame on you), here's the video.

Look how pretty that was! Totally caught Schneider off guard and it was beautiful and Bruins nation definitely fan girl-ed a little bit. Griffith at this point has four goals in 12 games, which is pretty impressive all things considered. You go Glen Coco.

Anyways, the Devils say an early first period goal from Zajac but the Bruins were having none of that nonsense and soon rallied back with a power play goal (what even) from Carl Soderberg and an unassisted goal from Saint Patrice himself.

The second period saw a goal from Jaromir Jagr, who somehow has managed not to break a hip or something. But that was the last goal the Devils would see. Seth Griffith then scored his goal and Reilly Smith scored the game winner toward the end of the period. The third period saw nothing special except an embellishment call on Marchand, which is kind of hysterical.

The Bruins have the day off today and will go up against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday.

In one of the slowest games I've seen this season, the Bruins managed to pull out an overtime 2-1 win over the Florida Panthers to bring their win streak to 3 and our record to 8-6-0.

This game was just really painful to watch. We looked really slow on our skates and weren't getting many good looks on Luongo despite the Panthers have a pretty shoddy defense. We definitely played down to our opponent a little bit all game, allowing the Panthers to keep neck and neck with us in shots on goal through the first period, which ended with the tally being 10-9 in favor of the Bruins. There were no goals in the first period either, which is not something you want to see out of the Bruins against a team like the Panthers.

The second period saw a yucky goal early on from Jussi Jokinen that kept the Panthers ahead for a good three minutes before Saint Patrice himself fired back and tied up the game. And that's the end of the excitement for the rest of the game up until the Bruins went into overtime.

Now, I will be the first to admit that I had my doubts about Brad Marchand going into this season. You all probably remember the little rant I went on last season about what we should to jump start Brad Marchand's game. But boy was I wrong. Marchand has been on absolute fire in the last few games and last night was no exception. For the third time this season, Marchand scored the overtime, game winning goal with 2 minutes left off a beautiful pass from Dougie Hamilton.

The Bruins are looking to sustain this momentum tomorrow against the Oilers.

Bruins Positives

1. The Shawn Thornton tribute during the TV time out evoked all of the feels. And then his parents were there and they were crying and it was a lot but it was great. In case you missed it, here's the video:

2. Brad Marchand is on a roll and I love it because when he's on, he is so on and the team benefits tremendously from it.

3. 3 Game win streak without Chara, Krug and Krejci is impressive!

Bruins Negatives

1. Slow and steady does not win the race y'all. The Bruins didn't look completely like themselves this game. They were a lot slower than I would have liked to see and certainly weren't able to find their momentum easily.

Get ready for an emotional night folks because the Bruins (7-6-0) face off against the Florida Panthers (4-2-3), who will be bringing Shawn Thornton along with them for his first return to the Garden after being released by the Bruins.

I have a lot to say about the fact that the Bruins let go of Shawn Thornton. You can find that whole rant here if you're interested. For me, Thornton made up a big part of the heart and soul of this team and you can definitely feel the difference without him on the fourth line. Our ability to build energy and momentum has definitely changed. And I am not a fan.

But in any case, tonight the Bruins are playing without Krug, Chara and Krejci. And it gives me nightmares because what are we going to do without all of them at once? It's one thing if we lose one of them at a time, which is bad enough as it is, nevermind all three. Excuse me while I stress. Kevan Miller, who is of less consequence, is also still out with a dislocated shoulder. Boo hoo.

The Panthers come into this game without Jonathan Huberdeau, who is a crucial piece of their offensive game. They will also be without Aleksander Barkov(lower body), Dave Bolland (lower body), Brandon Pirri (uppoer body) and Sean Bergenheim (lower body). So they're in about as much trouble as we are.

Projected Bruins Line Up

Team Stats

Team: The Panthers are coming into this game after a surprising 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday. The Panthers have had the last few days to rest up, which may or may not be a good thing for them. The Panthers are 7th in the division and went 13-25-3 in away games last season. Let's be honest, they're just terrible. And I feel bad for Thornton because he is not terrible.

Players: Luongo (the fact that him and Thornton are now playing together is literally one of the funniest things I've heard of late) has a .951 save percentage in the last four games. Jokinen has a four game point streak.

Goalie: Luongo will be in net tonight. Luongo has been in eight games with a 4-2-2 record. He has a 2.15 GAA and .933 SV% overall. Not to shabby.

Team: The Bruins are on a two game win streak after a pretty impressive win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday. The Bruins also had a nice break over the weekend, which is going to be a good thing for us all things considered. The Bruins are fourth in the division, which is notable improvement from where we were.

Players: Brad Marchand has 3 goals in his last two games. Matt Fraser had two goals last game.

Goalie: Tuukka Rask will be in net tonight. Tuukka has played in 9 games with a 5-4-0 record. He has a 2.72 GAA and a .902 SV%. It kind of pains me seeing his stats compared to Luongo's. But I guess the circumstances can kind of help explain it. I still don't like it though.

Score Prediction: 3-1 Bruins Win

In a cringe worthy showing of just how screwed Boston may be without Chara and Krug, the Bruins just barely managed to squeak out a meager 3-2 win over the Buffalol Sabres in overtime to better our record to 6-6-0.

Although it is still early in the season, the Bruins performance tonight was more than a little bit troubling. The fact of the matter is that Chara is getting old and unless he suddenly pulls a Jaromir Jagr, will not be with the Bruins forever. The Bruins are going to have no choice but to adapt their playing style to a lack of big Zee or fall into the trenches that are the bottom of the division and the league. From what I saw tonight, it's obvious that we are going to have a very hard time adapting, and rightfully so, but it's gotta happen sooner or later.

The first period didn't necessarily see anything too memorable play wise out of either team, which isn't a surprise considering who the Sabres are. Both teams were missing passes left and right and weren't providing adequate coverage across the ice. It was just sloppy and terrible to watch.

I guess the best part of the period was probably seeing Milan Lucic go beast mode on Chris Stewart. It was a welcome change out of Lucic, who has once again started this season off sluggishly. But the fight did nothing to spark any energy out of either team so the game continued to drag on.The Bruins also saw a penalty from Joe Morrow for holding against none other than Chris Stewart. The team was able to hold their ground though and keep the score tied 0-0 after one.

The second period was where things started to unravel a little bit for the Bruins. The Bruins provided the Sabres with a power play goal early in the second period, ending a terrible power play streak for them. And then, out of absolutely no where, comes glass man himself Adam McQuaid, who buries a shot past Enroth after a kind of pretty effort from Soderberg to free up the puck. This would be McQuaid's first goal of the season. But the momentum from the goal was basically nonexistent and five minutes later the Sabres pulled ahead again off a goal from Tyler Ennis. Yuck.

Then comes the third period. The Bruins can't seem to find their scoring groove for the first 11 minutes of the period and things were looking pretty abysmal. We got a few good looks and some chances but not enough to make me jump for joy. Until the little honey badger himself comes back to life and scores with a little over 5 minutes left in the period to tie up the game, which would then force the overtime.

And oh boy was overtime stressful. People were falling all over the place, sticks were going every where, people looked confused. It was a lot happening all at once. But the Bruins, by some stroke of luck or hockey god intervention, were able to keep the Sabres stuck in their own zone for over a minute, which was just long enough for Marchand to rip the puck off the crossbar and past Enroth to end the game and give the Bruins the win. I don't think I've been that stressed out since the last time Dougie tried to get scrappy. Phew.

Bruins Positives

1. Marchand came alive tonight after what was arguably a very slow start for the scrappy winger. We haven't seen Marchand score two goals in one game, never mind an overtime goal, in quite some time. The Bruins are going to need guys like Marchy to step up offensively to help counterbalance our defensive loss and provide some much needed energy and momentum during games.

2. Adam McQuaid's goal was also pretty impressive all things considered. I'm surprised he didn't break something in the process.

3. Svedberg's stats under normal conditions would usually be considered less than acceptable, but all things considered, he held his own pretty well. I'd prefer to not give up 2 goals on 15 shots to a team like the Sabres, who couldn't even get off 10 shots in a game the last time they played, but I'll take what I can get.

Bruins Negatives

1. Why is everyone broken?

2. We had to go to overtime against the Buffalol Sabres, the worst team in the Atlantic Division. Like what. That shouldn't even be a thing, especially considering not only did we beat them 4-0 last time we saw them, but also considering IT'S THE SABRES.

3. Those d-pairings honestly make me want to rip my hair out.

4. This isn't Bruins related but I just had to say something. I don't know if anyone else saw it but someone needs to tell Buffalol fans that we're at a hockey game, not a baseball game during the 7th inning stretch and as such the wave is not an acceptable form of bleacher entertainment. You all just look dumb. But then again, if you're a Sabres fan, dumb might be an understatement so that might just justify it.

I'm just going to preface this post by saying that everything about this game is going to suck. But we're going to preview it anyways because why not. The Bruins (5-6-0) will face off the Buffalol Sabres (2-8-0) in a much needed "throw away" game, if you will.

I say throw away game because it's the Sabres. The Bruins needed a relatively easy opponent tonight after the loss to the Wild on Tuesday and the defensive woes that go by the name of Chara and Krug. I don't know if anyone saw the picture of Krug's finger but let me just say it's one of the most unpleasant things I've seen in quite some time. So now not only are the Bruins without Chara, we're going to be lacking Krug for at least 3 weeks.

On top of all of this, Brad Marchand may or may not be injured right now. Marchand left practice early on Wednesday and did not return, to which Coach said he must have tweaked something. Marchand will be a game time decision.

To deal with our two definitive losses, the Bruins called up Morrow again (ugh) and David Warsofsky, who has some experience with the Bruins from last season and will hopefully be Coach's choice as a line insert. If Marchand is not ready to go, Fraser will play in his place. So, all in all, it's going to be a long, and interesting, night.

The Sabres have a few injuries themselves, including Patrick Kaleta, but this injury is more than a week old so it's hard to say for sure whether or not we will see these two play tonight. Not that I think having a fully healthy team will do much for them, but I guess it's still worth noting.

Projected Bruins Line Up

Team Stats

Team: I mean, it's the Sabres and they still suck just as bad as they did last year so there's no surprise there. The Sabres are coming into this game after 4-0 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday (again, not a huge surprise). The last time the Bruins played the Sabres was on October 18th, when the Bruins on 4-0.

Players: There is literally nothing of note to say about the Sabres except maybe how last game they managed to get off 10 whole shots. Not in one period, but one whole game. Only one player had more than one shot.

Goalie: Jhonas Enroth will be in net for the Sabres tonight. Enroth has played in 6 games with a 1-5-0 record, a 3.13 GAA and a .914 SV%. So he's basically a joke.

Team: The Bruins are coming off a disappointing loss to the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday that involved a typical Bruins style third period slump. The Bruins need to use this game against Buffalo to build some extra momentum, considering our current deficiencies. And hopefully this game will also help the Bruins remember that you can't give up in the third period. Hopefully.

Players: Griffith is coming off a three point game against the Wild on Tuesday, one of which he managed to obtain while imitating Bobby Orr.

Goalie: It looks like Svedberg will be in net tonight for the Bruins. Svedberg has started in 3 games and has a 1-2 record with a 1.57 GAA and a .951 SV%.

Score Prediction: 3-0 Bruins Win

Coming off an absolutely stellar, albeit somewhat astonishing, bulldozing of the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Bruins (5-5-0) will take on the Minnesota Wild (4-3-0) tonight at TD Garden for the first time this season.

This will be the second game out of many the Bruins will play without Zdeno Chara, who is lacking in the functional knee department. On the bright side, the Bruins have sent Joe Morrow back to Providence, leaving the shinier of two less than desirable defensemen to fill the void left by Big Zee. Kevan Miller is still MIA right now also with a dislocated right shoulder sustained on October 20th during a fight during the Red Wings game.

The Wild are coming into this game without defensemen Gustav Olofsson, who suffered a shoulder injury in the pre-season in the September 29th game against the Winnipeg Jets that needed surgery. In comparison to the debacle the Bruins are currently dealing with though, avoiding a fallout from this seems like a walk in the park.

Projected Bruins Line Up

Team Stats

Team: The Wild are coming into tonight's game after a 5-4 loss to the Rangers yesterday. The Wild are fourth in the Metropolitan Division behind teams like the Predators, which baffles me beyond belief because I mean, it's the Predators. Like what. Anyways, the Bruins haven't played the Wild since last season, where the Wild went 17-17-7 during away games with an overall record of 43-27-12.

Players: Zucker has three goals in his past two games while Pominville has two goals and two assists in the last three games.

Goalie: Backstrom will be in net for the Wild tonight. Backstrom has played in one game, which the Wild lost, with a 2.03 GAA and .875 SV%.

Team: The Bruins are coming into this game after a beautiful win against the Toronto Maple Leafs, who are still suffering from the curse of a 4-1 score. The Bruins desperately needed this win to start up some momentum that they're going to need since they don't have Chara. The Bruins are 4th in the Atlantic Division still behind the Red Wings and the Canadiens.

Players: Krejci is on fire right now with three goals and five assists during a six game point streak. Campbell has a goal in two of the past three games.

Goalie: Tuukka Rask will be in net tonight. Tuukka has played in 7 games with a 4-3 record, a 2.63 GAA and a .897 SV%, which is very unlike Tuukka but hopefully this will change soon.

Score Prediction: 3-2 Bruins Win

Hold on to your hats folks because it's going to be a long few weeks for all of us.

The Bruins announced this morning that they have recalled Zach Trotman and Joe Morrow from the Providence Bruins. The two joined the Bruins for practice this morning. Uh oh.

Let me just put this into perspective for you.

Joe MorrowThis dude was so mediocre in training camp that Julien, when asked about Morrow being assigned to Providence, said "I didn't want to see him anymore." That is not even remotely a good sign for what's coming. Morrow is a 6'1" left shot, a full 10" shorter than Chara and in this case size matters, especially when you're trying to replace a giant.

He has done absolutely nothing this season for the AHL Bruins. Last season he tallied 6 goals and 23 assists in 56 games and finished the season with a -1 rating. Morrow has also no experience playing anywhere near the number of minutes Chara plays per game. But honestly I don't think the Bruins are going to find anyone who can play as long as Chara can. The Bruins are certainly going to feel that hole harder than Marchand felt that alcohol hit him June 12th.

Did I mention Morrow hasn't actually played a professional NHL game yet? Great.

Zach TrotmanTrotman is definitely not as bad as Morrow but still isn't the most encouraging defensive replacement for Chara. Trotman is a 6'3" right shot, so a full 8 inches shorter than Chara. Last season Trotman two games with the Bruins, in which he did absolutely nothing. With the Providence Bruins last season he played in 53 games with 8 goals and 16 assists.

Trotman also is not used to seeing the amount of minutes Chara sees in any given game so seeing how the Bruins split up the loss Chara time between the new d-pairing and the rest of the d-pairings is definitely going to be interesting..

Keep praying to those hockey gods people because it's gonna be a long few weeks.